WilliamA.HoffmanJr.

William A. Hoffman Jr. passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 11, following a brief illness. The funeral is from the Hugh M. Moriarty Funeral Home, 76 Park St. Montclair, N.J., on Saturday at 9 a.m., then to St. Cassian Church, where at 10 a.m. a Mass of Christian burial will be offered. Interment is at Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Upper Montclair, N.J. Visitation is on Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. For directions and online condolences please visit www.moriartyfh.com. Bill was born in Newark, N.J., in 1929, lived in Upper Montclair for 40 years, and moved to Madison, N.J., in 2002. Following graduation from St. Benedict's Preparatory School in Newark, he earned a bachelor's degree from Lehigh University, a master's degree from Columbia University, and an M.B.A. from New York University. Mr. Hoffman was a member of Phi Kappa Theta National Social fraternity and Alpha Kappa Psi business professional fraternity. He served on the Phi Kappa Theta National Board of Trustees (1959 to 1969), editor of its magazine (1960 to 1963), and national treasurer (1967 to 1969). He served as a Naval officer in the Korean War, both in Korea and on the USS Sarasota and the USS Terribone. Bill's business career began in 1956 at Hoffman International, Inc. in Piscataway, N.J. Hoffman International was founded by his father in 1920 and is a distributor of heavy construction equipment in both the Mid-Atlantic and international markets. He retired in 2002 as president and chairman of the company. Throughout his career, Bill was an officer of many local and national trade organizations, as well as a lecturer in business administration at both Upsala College and Montclair State University. Notably, he served on the board of directors of the Specialized Carriers and Riggers Association (SCRA) in the mid 1960s, and ultimately served as chairman of the board from 1967 to 1968. He is survived by his sister, Elizabeth H. Bartow and her husband, J. Raymond Bartow; his three nieces, Beth Bartow, Susan Bartow Brown (Chris), and Meridith Bartow Roelke (Jason), and nephew, Jeb Bartow (Janet), and 10 grandnieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the Market Street Mission, 9 Market St., Morristown, N.J., or St. Benedict's Preparatory School, 520 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Newark.

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